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DO NOT HAVE ONE/ BUT I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME

From TERRI, on Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:08:11 GMT

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I NEED ANSWERS TO. I JUST FINISHED READING A BOOK ABOUT THE KOREN WAR. IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO ONE MAJOR ALLEY. HE WAS A P.O.W. THERE AND AS WE ALL KNOW HE ALONG WITH THE OTHER P.O.W'S WERE NOT TREATED VERY KINDLY. WHEN HE AND THE OTHER P.O.W.'S WERE RESCUED AFTER THE WAR,HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE STATES WITH I BELIEVE T.B. WHEN HE WAS HEALED HE WENT BACK TO HIS FAMILY BUT, NOT FOR LONG. HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE U.S. ARMY FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE ENEMY. NOW, WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS 1)IS IT TRUE THAT THERE ARE 2 U.S. ARMIES? ONE IS THE U.S. ARMY FOR THE SOLDIERS AND ONE CALL "WASHINGTON D.C." ARMY IN THE PENTAGON?? 2)I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE "D.C." ARMY FELT IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE JUST ONE MAN IN ALL THE MEN THAT WERE IN THE KOREAN WAR (AND OTHER WARS)TO HAVE THIS ONE MAN PAY FOR SOMETHING I FIRMLY BELIEVE HE DID NOT DO?? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT IN THE BATTLEFIELDS ARE ABLE TO CONDEMN JUST ONE MAN?? IT SEEMS THAT THE "D.C." ARMY CAN ONLY FIGHT THEIR BATTLES BY EITHER THREATING OR BRAINWASHING PEOPLE INTO SAYING WHAT THEY WANT SAID! MAJOR ALLEY WAS GIVEN A DISHONARABLE DISCHARGE AFTER ALL HE DID FOR THE U.S.A.! THE REASON BEING THE "D.C." ARMY HAD TO POINT A FINGER AT SOMEONE. 3) HOWCOME AFTER ALL THE WARS THAT THE U.S.A. FOUGHT IN, IT IS ONLY THIS MAN THAT WENT THROUGH WHAT HE DID? 4)WHY WAS JUST ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SOLDIERS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ON THE SAME CHARGE RELEASED TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES, WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE? MANY YEARS LATER AFTER MAJOR ALLEY PAST AWAY, ONLY A HAND FULL OF PEOPLE TRIED TO HELP HIS WIFE MRS ALLEY TO CLEAR HIS NAME, GIVE HIM A HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND BURIAL. THE MEN WHO WERE QUESIONTED BACK THEN HAVE NOW COME FORWARD TO SAY THAT THEY WERE WRONG. THEY NOW SAY MAJOR ALLEY WAS NOT A COLLABORATOR HE WAS A GOOD SOLDIER THAT DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE SOLDIER'S. THEY E REOPENED THE CASE BUT THE "D.C." ARMY STILL DO NOT WANT TO ADMIT THEY WERE WRONG SO THEY WILL NOT GIVE MAJOR ALLEY AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. NOW, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY CLAIM MAJOR ALLEY DID AND PRESIDENT CLINTON GIVING AWAY THE SECRETS OF MAKING ATOMIC FIRE ARMS?? TELL ME! HERE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DOES DO A GOOD JOB BUT, TO ME HAS NO RIGHT TO GIVE AWAY THE SECRETS OF WHAT AND HOW THE U.S. DOES OR MAKES THINGS. TELL ME NOW, WHO IS THE COLLABORATOR? I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IT WAS NOT MAJOR ALLEY AND IT IS NOT MR CLINTON. SO WHY NOT GIVE THIS MAJOR ALLEY AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR ALL THE GOOD HE DID FOR AMERICA? HOW ABOUT LETTING ONE OF OUR OWN ACTUALLY "REST IN PEACE???" I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ANSWERS. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I FEEL THESE PAGES ARE THE BEST THING TO GIVE OUR VETERNS OF ALL WARS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!! BEST REGARDS TERRI


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